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dan's father joined the national guard. dan deployed for a year in iraq and james almost didn't come home from iraq, when a grenade hit his vehicle. >> the war is not over. we still have a job to do. suzy, right now she just thinks i'm going to work and i won't be back for a long time. >> reporter: suzy, his 4-year-old who can't quite pronounce -- >> afghanistan. >> reporter: -- much less comprehend where daddy's going. >> it is very tough to talk about what if they don't come back. that's just what everybody knows about going to war. you try to talk about it but how can you? >> reporter: the u.s. military doesn't have a specic policy about the deployment at the same time of an entire family unit. in this case, parents and a child. the military says it also does not keep track of how many cases like this are out there, but ask anybody around here and they'll tell you this is something they have almost never heard of. >> we have so many american heroes in this country that serve every day. it's enormous, the amount of sacrif
dan's father joined the national guard. dan deployed for a year in iraq and james almost didn't come home from iraq, when a grenade hit his vehicle. >> the war is not over. we still have a job to do. suzy, right now she just thinks i'm going to work and i won't be back for a long time. >> reporter: suzy, his 4-year-old who can't quite pronounce -- >> afghanistan. >> reporter: -- much less comprehend where daddy's going. >> it is very tough to talk about what if...
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dan lothian is with the president in keen, california, and, dan, first of all, we'll talk about some of the big name stars. i know there's, like, quite a few of them there, but i'm curious if the obama campaign or the president has any response so far to this big policy speech that was late out by romney earlier this morning. >> well, the president himself has not weighed in on it yet, but his campaign spokesman, ben labolt, also former secretary of state madeleine albright did hold a conference call a short time ago where they really attacked mitt romney saying that he is not fit to be commander in chief. they said that his policies are what he would put in place are really unclear. that he has been shift aing lot of his positions, and, again, saying that he doesn't -- he is not really on the same level as the president. it was really sort of a fierce attack from the very beginning going detail by detail, whether it comes to the u.s. relationship with israel, whether it comes to what romney pointed out on libya, or even on south america. they said that it semplly is lack and that he
dan lothian is with the president in keen, california, and, dan, first of all, we'll talk about some of the big name stars. i know there's, like, quite a few of them there, but i'm curious if the obama campaign or the president has any response so far to this big policy speech that was late out by romney earlier this morning. >> well, the president himself has not weighed in on it yet, but his campaign spokesman, ben labolt, also former secretary of state madeleine albright did hold a...
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dan, let's start with you. team obama says no zingers. he's going to talk to those people on the couches. really? no zingers? >> well, you know, listen to what jen socky, the traveling communications or spokesperson with the campaign, she said probably not. probably not what the president will be focused on. that the president instead will be speaking to the american people, talking about moving the country forward. so that will be the focus. but i have to tell you, in the middle of a debate, no doubt we will hear some sharp responses from the president as he tries to counter what mitt romney may be throwing his way. the bottom line, though, as you pointed out, both campaigns really trying to lower expectations. you hear aides with the campaign saying that the president has not had a lot of time to practice as opposed to mitt romney who went through the primary season and has a lot of experience. and the president himself last night in a grass roots event in las vegas also started playing a little bit of that game. take a listen. >> i kno
dan, let's start with you. team obama says no zingers. he's going to talk to those people on the couches. really? no zingers? >> well, you know, listen to what jen socky, the traveling communications or spokesperson with the campaign, she said probably not. probably not what the president will be focused on. that the president instead will be speaking to the american people, talking about moving the country forward. so that will be the focus. but i have to tell you, in the middle of a...
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dan eagan has an important piece that folks should take a look at. between charlie and all the other groups out there, they've had a lot of money. whether that money has been strategically spent is the question. we've focused a laser on the middle class. there's a week in august where restore had an ad up about jobs, crossroads had an ad up about the debt. >> those are three republican-oriented super pacs. >> romney was advertising on welfare reform. if you're a voter in toledo, you're saying what is the story they're trying to tell about president obama? i get that they don't like him but what is the strategy here? on the republican side, a reason that the money has slowed down a little bit is that people are disappointed with the overall big picture, strategic. >> i'm sure you don't mean to imply that there's more coordination -- >> i'm trying to imply there's a lot more common sense we've been advertising on our side than they have been doing on their side. >> when i just made that comment to bill, obviously, in a lighthearted way because super pa
dan eagan has an important piece that folks should take a look at. between charlie and all the other groups out there, they've had a lot of money. whether that money has been strategically spent is the question. we've focused a laser on the middle class. there's a week in august where restore had an ad up about jobs, crossroads had an ad up about the debt. >> those are three republican-oriented super pacs. >> romney was advertising on welfare reform. if you're a voter in toledo,...
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dan lothian with the president this evening, thanks so much, dan. >>> and go ahead. >>> foreign policy battle continues right here in the "situation room" later this hour with a top adviser from each campaign to join us live. looking forward to that. >> two senior representatives from both campaigns. >> yep. >>> we're also following two chinese telecommunications giants, both labeled potential threat to u.s. national threat. we have details of a warning coming in from the house intelligence committee. dad vo: ok, time for bed, kiddo. lights out. ♪ (sirens) (train horn) ♪ vo: wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. norfolk southern. one line, infinite possibilities. >>> there are two of the biggest telecommunications companies in the world and u.s. lawmakers are warning they may be trojan horses for the chinese government and a possible cyber war. our foreign affairs correspondent jill dougherty is following the story for us. jill, what exactly is the house intelligence committee saying about these chinese companies? >> reporter: well, start with what they're not saying,
dan lothian with the president this evening, thanks so much, dan. >>> and go ahead. >>> foreign policy battle continues right here in the "situation room" later this hour with a top adviser from each campaign to join us live. looking forward to that. >> two senior representatives from both campaigns. >> yep. >>> we're also following two chinese telecommunications giants, both labeled potential threat to u.s. national threat. we have details of a...
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dan's father joined the national guard. dan deployed for a year in iraq. and james almost didn't come home from iraq, when a grenade hit his vehicle. >> the war is not over. we still have a job to do. susie, she -- right now she thinks i'm going to work. and, you know, i won't be back for a long time. >> reporter: susie, his 4-year-old, who can't quite pronounce -- >> afghanistan. >> reporter: much less comprehend where daddy's going. >> it is very hard to talk to the family about what if you don't come back. that's what everybody knows about going to war. so you try to talk about it, but how can you? >> reporter: the u.s. military doesn't have a specific policy about the deployment at the same time of an entire family unit. in this case, parents and a child. the military says it also does not keep track of how many cases like this are out there, but ask anybody around here, and they'll tell you this is something they have almost never heard of. >> we have so many american heroes in this country that serve every day, it's -- it's enormous the amount of sac
dan's father joined the national guard. dan deployed for a year in iraq. and james almost didn't come home from iraq, when a grenade hit his vehicle. >> the war is not over. we still have a job to do. susie, she -- right now she thinks i'm going to work. and, you know, i won't be back for a long time. >> reporter: susie, his 4-year-old, who can't quite pronounce -- >> afghanistan. >> reporter: much less comprehend where daddy's going. >> it is very hard to talk to...
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what's the latest on his xaeb preparation, dan? >> reporter: campaign official telling me that the president began those practices last might after arriving in defense nevada and continued these rehearsals this morning in nevada as well. taking only a break this afternoon. one of the things that they are really working on is trying to get the president to be more concise and in his answers. you know, sometime it is president can be long winded and the campaign has admitted this and it is not the most effective way to deliver your message. so they are trying to get the president to answer these questions with very few words. he has a small team of adviser around him including david axelrod, former white house communications director anita dunn. and also brian, one of the president's economic adviser. they are not talking about some of the specifics, what's going on behind the scenes. one thing they are saying publicly is they are trying to lower expectations, talking about how the president has not had a lot of time to practice beca
what's the latest on his xaeb preparation, dan? >> reporter: campaign official telling me that the president began those practices last might after arriving in defense nevada and continued these rehearsals this morning in nevada as well. taking only a break this afternoon. one of the things that they are really working on is trying to get the president to be more concise and in his answers. you know, sometime it is president can be long winded and the campaign has admitted this and it is...
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say words are great, but now let's talk about results, and i want to go back if i may for a minute to dan's comments four years ago. four years ago, president george w. bush was in the office. four years ago, we were in the second quarter of a recession. we now know t.a.r.p. stabilized the financial markets. george w. bush took a lot of heat, but by the time president barack obama was inaugurated, the recession, we now know from the data was over. the worst was over before owe beca obama was in over. >> we're going to debate this? >> the problem for obama, things haven't gotten appreciably better since he was president. >> mitt romney tried to use the are you better off than you were four years ago -- >> she has to argue with the national bureau of economic researchers that saided the recession ended in june of '09. i don't want to get into that discussion. there are a lot of people that run for president that don't have great relationships with their fathers. president obama, president clinton. i mean, it's good. i think as the father of two children, i think it's good and mitt romney's fa
say words are great, but now let's talk about results, and i want to go back if i may for a minute to dan's comments four years ago. four years ago, president george w. bush was in the office. four years ago, we were in the second quarter of a recession. we now know t.a.r.p. stabilized the financial markets. george w. bush took a lot of heat, but by the time president barack obama was inaugurated, the recession, we now know from the data was over. the worst was over before owe beca obama was in...